New: Mayor Eric Adams has signed an executive order that temporarily suspends rules around the city’s review process for locating and building new homeless shelters.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Mayor Eric Adams has signed an executive order that temporarily suspends rules around the city’s review process for locating and building new homeless shelters — a sign of the growing urgency around the arrivals of hundreds of new asylum seekers each day.comes as the city’s shelter system is at or near capacity, according to aid workers and city officials.
But as part of the new order, the city will now include homeless shelters in that exemption. The suspension of rulesmeans that the city will not be required to hold hearings or submit to any of the typical approvals or recommendations involved in land use approvals. The siting of homeless shelters typically draws vocal opposition: Wealthier neighborhoods are loath to allow new shelters and lower-income neighborhoods say they are already overburdened.
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